The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-29
General News ltem,.

10OU80 manson, OF 6l0CK klVoS t'8ll1
committed suicide by hanging. .-....
The building operations in Minneapolis
for 1887 amount to $9,311.372.
McNealIy. tho thievine young bank telle.
OF Saco, Me-, was captured on returning
from Europe.
A large cash donation and other pres.
ents are sent by New York Catholics to
the pope in honor OF his Jubilee.
At Columbus. Miss. it was showing all
the afternoon OF tho Gath. the heaviest
snow fall ever seen in that section.
A leading democrat says the two Da.
kotas and two other territories will prob.
ably be let into the union forthwith.
President Delano Of tho National Associ.
alton urges the wool growers OF the United
States to organize and fight reduction OF
the tariff a. proposed by the president.
William Sehulp. a farmer living on Belle
Fourche, was shot and instantly killed
over game OF cards at Minnesella, Black
Hills.
An accident on tho Minnesota & North.
western passenger near German Valley.
Wis. results In general shaking up and
bruising OF those on board.
The Northern Dakota grain warehouse
at Montpelier burned with contents. The
V0pStSlVy VI Viz uOuS0 "tG0 AVOsO Ou61clos
and there was that amount OF wheat in
store.
At Chicago, after forty.eisht hours the
the water main OF the Cooke Brewing COM
pany continues to burn steadily and with
somewhat more strength than at first.
The twenty.first annual meeting OF the
Minnesota State HORTICULTURAL society will
open at Market hall, Minneapolis, on
Tuesday. Jan. II, and continue for four
days-the Minnesota State Amber Cane
association meeting in Joint session On
Wednesday, the 18th.
At New Bedford, Mass, a deep, rumbling
sound, lasting three seconds, accompanied
by tremor of the earth, was noticed
shortly after midnight. The disturbance
aroused the people from their sleep. The
shock was felt at Acushnel and the towns
in that vicinity.
The probabilities are that match will
soon be made for q glove contest between
Jack Dempsey and Dominick Mccartney.
McCaffrey is now in Philadelphia, but when
in New York recently asserted that he was
ed to guarantee Dempsey $500. Dempsey
does not think $500 sufficient.
New York Special: A tall, handsome
girl named Mary Calligan 10 missing, and
her friends fear that her mysterious disap-
pearance il connected in some unexplained
manner with William {. Rhinelander, a
member OF one Of the wea ATHEIST Knicker.
booker families OF this city, who shot Law.
yer Drake, and was tried and acquitted by
the jury.
The loggers have been feeling rather
dubious over the prolonged warm weather.
l has drawn the frost out OF the ground
and leaves it in a soft condition. It was
hoped that q hard freeze would come be-
fore the snow, but such was not the case.
The log.ers who have camps situated near
suffer 80 much in getting their supplies.
Two young people from Montana are
wed in the National Park in sight oil
the Misunderstanding hymen terraces. 1t
was most romantic marriage. The par.
ty drove at q brisk trot three miles from
Cinnabar until they were within the sa-
cred. domain in sight OF theTerrace mount.
ain: The mother gave away her child
and H. E. Klamer gave away Mr.. Allen.
Tho committee Of gentlemen who have
charge OF the fund to purchase and present
a residence to the widow OF the late Gen.
W. s. Hancock. expect that tho amount
will be subscribed immediately. It Ii
stated that 81 200 has been subscribed
~ AACAu0 "a Viz 4hte k0uSC1l huu tuo COI11s
mittee hopes to secure tho remainder re-
quired in time to present Mrs. Hancock
the house that has been selected during
the holidays.
At Shamokin. Pa. all coal and freight
trains on tho Mahanoy &; Shamokin divis-
ion OF the Reading railroad have been
stopped, and the men are firm In their de-
termination to move no traffic. Owing to
the Christmas holidays there Is little or no
coal at the mines for shipment. The gen.
eral opinion in this region 10 that the
strike now in the Lehigh region and this
one will be adjusted in tho course Of sever
al weeks.
For weeks past J. w. Coffee, living
skeleton. has been ON exhibition at De.
troit, announcing in his advertisements
that he had fortune and was DESTROYS OF
marrying. The matter was looked upon
as a huge joke until Saturday the 9th,
when Coffee and his manager repaired to
the county clerks Office and pr ocured a
marriage license, the victim being Miss
Eva .Courtwright, daughter OF farmer
living ten miles west of that city. Miss
Cartwright il quite good. looki ng, and be.
fore this craze struck her was accredited
with ordinary common sense.